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Most abused children, of course, do not murder their fathers. A parent who tries to kill or succeeds in killing a child is also relatively rare. Unfortunately, Mary's account of the physical and emotional humiliation inflicted on her by an out-of-control parent and the recycling of the same kind of abuse when she became a mother is all too typical. What is hopeful, although unusual, about Mary's story is that she realized she needed help, found a group, Parents Anonymous, that knew how to help her, and made peace with her son. In high...
...cousins, is illegal in every state. Sexual offenders who are not family members may be charged with rape, child molesting or similar crimes. Pedophiles, who have an obsessive fixation on sex with children, can abuse their own sons and daughters as well as youngsters on the playground. Rehabilitation is rare, although voluntary hormone therapy has been used with some success...
...transition is bound to be tricky. Although since 1959 Britain has looked after nothing more than foreign affairs and defense for the Sultan, it has also, for an estimated annual fee of $12 million, supplied the nation with a highly disciplined corps of 750 Gurkha soldiers. In a rare interview on the eve of his birthday, the Sultan told TIME that there was no truth to speculation that the troops would be leaving with the British. "The Gurkha battalion will stay," he declared...
Aviation and maritime officials were elated when the U.S. last March launched a weather satellite carrying a search-and-rescue, or SARSAT, system. The satellite, working in a rare cooperative venture with two Soviet SARSATS, automatically picked up distress signals from downed aircraft and foundering ships and relayed them back to earth. The SOSs gave searchers quick navigational fixes so that help could be sent promptly to the accident sites. Rescue agencies are now discovering that there can be too much of a good thing: false alarms are flooding the SARSAT system...
...Force, joined by NASA, the Coast Guard and the FAA held a conference early this month to discuss ways of reducing the epidemic of SOS calls. Still, even irritated officials concede that on rare occasions the false alarms can lead to pay dirt. Earlier this year, rescuers followed satellite-relayed signals to a farm in the Southeast. The officials found a helicopter hidden in a haystack and loaded with marijuana...